Yfedoseev Pdf oxide by yfedoseev

The fastest PDF library for Python and Rust. Text extraction, image extraction, markdown conversion, PDF creation & editing. 0.8ms mean, 5× faster than industry leaders, 100% pass rate on 3,830 PDFs. MIT/Apache-2.0.

document-processingpdfpdf-editorpdf-generationpdf-librarypdf-parserpythonrusttext-extractiondata-extractionfastimage-extraction
Verdict 72/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 days ago

Self-host Yfedoseev Pdf oxide on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
72 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
719
78 forks

About Yfedoseev Pdf oxide

From the project's README at github.com/yfedoseev/pdf_oxide. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

> More language bindings coming in May 2026. Java, Ruby, PHP, Swift, and Kotlin are on the roadmap. Want another language? Open an issue and tell us.

The fastest PDF library for text extraction, image extraction, and markdown conversion. Rust core with bindings for Python, Go, JavaScript / TypeScript, C# / .NET, and WASM, plus a CLI tool and MCP server for AI assistants. 0.8ms mean per document, 5× faster than PyMuPDF, 15× faster than pypdf. 100% pass rate on 3,830 real-world PDFs. MIT licensed.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
74
community
85
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
25

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 719 github.com/yfedoseev/pdf_oxide
GitHub forks 78 github.com/yfedoseev/pdf_oxide
CRATES downloads (last month) 54k pdf_oxide

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age0.5 yearssince Nov 2025
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped50last: 3 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

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